单词 | supertree |
释义 | > as lemmassupertree supertree n. Brit. , U.S. (a) a tree bred or genetically modified to have some quality to an unusual degree (now rare); (b) (chiefly Biology) a dendrogram which represents a consensus between two or more subsidiary dendrograms, esp. ones used for phylogenetic studies.ΚΠ 1944 Sci. Monthly June 445/1 Some investigators believe that, by the..development of hybrids, it is possible to produce supertrees which will yield usable timber in a small fraction of the time now required. 1983 Amer. Biol. Teacher 45 389/2 A demonstration of the ease with which so-called ‘supertree’ pine boards can be cracked with bare hands is very effective. 1986 Jrnl. Classif. 3 335 Given two dendrograms..which have some but not all of their base points in common, a supertree is a dendrogram in which each of the original trees can be regarded as samples. 2006 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 273 688/1 We present a phylogenetic supertree for several hundred species of frogs. < as lemmas |
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